Table of Contents for Avuncularism

Table of Contents for Avuncularism

Introduction: Life Without Father—Uncles in History, Theory, and Literature

1.Home Trading: Mansfield Park and the Economics of Endogamy

2.Reproduction and Malthusian Economics: Fat, Fertility, and Family Planning in Adam Bede

3.In Loco Parentis: Dickensian Uncles and the Victorian Pawnshop

4.Turning Bones into Spoons: Jews, Pawnbrokers, and Daniel Deronda

5."Send the Letters, Uncle John": Trollope, Penny-Postage Reform, and the Domestication of Empire

Conclusion: Home Trading Redux: Universal Brotherhood and the Redemption of Uncle

Notes

Index